[SIPForum-discussion] SIP Interop

[Charlotte Wolter]

David,

         I have been researching that question for an article I'm writing 
for New Telephony. There is no lab like CableLabs, nor is there a group in 
the industry that does certification.  In fact, there seems to be a lot of 
resistance to the very idea of certification. It appears this is partly 
because there has not been certification before and partly because some in 
the industry think SIP systems are more complex than, say, 802.11 systems, 
and therefore, difficult to certify.
         As a journalist, I can't say definitely whether this is right, 
but, so far, no certification.
         The SIP Forum has sponsored the SIPit Interoperability Events for 
some time. Now, there is an effort in the SIP Forum, led by Rohan Mahy in 
the Technical Working Group, to develop standard tests SIP devices to show 
that they conform to various ways of implementing SIP. The testing would be 
done by vendors. Jay Batson highlighted in his posting a couple of days ago 
how the SIP Forum is focusing on technical recommendations. A number of 
people I talked to for my article indicated this will be very helpful, but 
it is not a formal interop lab.

Charlotte Wolter


At 12:36 PM 7/22/2005, you wrote:
>Is there a SIP Interop lab similar to PacketCable? If so are the parties
>involved listed on a website?
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